If you've been driving on Florence Blvd around Newbern's Catfish restaurant then you've seen the moving of dirt and work going on just to the east of the restaurant. Looks like there is a new bank being built along with a small strip mall for good measure. I believe it's a First Metro Bank but I'm not so sure about that but it is going to be a bank and a small strip mall, I suppose, to help offset the bank's cost for building and land.
I know what some will say about yet another Bank, heck I didn't know that many people had that much money around here to keep all the Banks busy and in business but guess I'm wrong about that but at least it's more growth and building and that's a lot better than stagnation and loss of businesses.